The world today
Many of us reach a point of loss and disconnection when we can’t find meaning in our lives. When we look around it seems as if everything in our society and environment is broken. The problems feel huge, and we feel tiny! Before long, we start to believe that what we do can’t make a difference, and resign ourselves to feeling stuck and disconnected.
Conscious Living Project is here to do something about it. We believe that what you do does matter, and that positive change for our community and environment begins with each individual feeling encouraged, finding meaning and living consciously. We are launching a social enterprise to create space for that to happen, to help both our communities and the planet. Money raised will help us launch in early 2019!
The Project
We have a huge long-term vision for Conscious Living Project, but we’re starting grassroots. This will involve a group of 20 people working and learning together over 6 months right here in Adelaide. Throughout the project we will create opportunities for real connection on a local level by working alongside local for-purpose organisations, and facilitating engagement, learning and self-inquiry on 6 conscious living topics:
● The power of our voice + self-worth
● Belonging + community
● Finding purpose + meaning
● Living, consuming + the environment
● Health, wellbeing + the environment
● Courage + making conscious choices
Through this supported experience members of the project will have the chance to make a difference to their own lives and the place they live, and feel good doing it!
There’s no lid on this thing. We see Conscious Living Project as a humble seedling, the starting place for many other social and environmental impact projects, both face-to-face and online. We’re just a little bit excited!!
Business for Good
The best part is, Conscious Living Project will have a positive impact on the community and environment over and above the ripple effects of supporting 20 individuals to find their own sense of meaning and belonging. By working alongside not-for-profits and social enterprises we will champion and raise awareness of their causes, and provide them with direct financial support through a percentage of our profits. We will also seek sponsorship for a number of memberships in the project, so it's accessible to everyone in the community.
See our 'stretch goal' to see how we're supporting Catherine House!
We need your help
We are learning everything on the go and volunteering our time and energy to get this baby off the ground. The support of our friends and family is priceless! And you’re already a part of this. There is a groundswell of support for conscious enterprise right now, more and more people are claiming their place in the movement and deciding the impact they want to make. It’s exactly why we’re here. Our purpose, a more connected world impacts us all. You can help us launch Conscious Living Project by investing in our vision for making a difference through this campaign, spreading the word with all of your networks. The more people who know about what we’re doing, the greater impact we can have!
Gifts for you
We believe so much in connection for expanding our horizons, stimulating ideas and remembering we are all human. We have chosen to make the rewards for your support all about connection! We want to gift you something meaningful and uplifting for joining us on this journey of positive change.
Check out the rewards (on the right hand side of this page) for all the details!
The team behind Conscious Living Project
We are Nicole Harvey, Kirsty Palmer, Nikkola Pickering and Karyn Clements - and we have teamed up because we want to make a difference. We believe fostering connection and conscious living are a beautiful recipe for personal happiness, strong communities and thriving natural environments! Learn more about our individual driving motivations here.
And we are a team of little rippers!
Our collective experience in workshop development and facilitation, business development, the not-for-profit sector, creative arts, film & design, partnerships, customer experience and project management is bound of help us in our startup journey! Our founder Nikkola is taking the project through New Venture Institute’s pre-accelerator program ‘Venture Dorm’ and will be learning from the best at the upcoming Shift.ed Impact Venture Series . We believe in learning from the outstanding social entrepreneurs who have gone before us and contributing to this epic community of for-purpose business.
Extra Links:
Find out about the team (on our interim webpage!)
Follow us on Instagram for daily updates, inspiration and encouragement to connect with yourself, your community and nature. We are a compassion first project, so you’ll only find good vibes there!
Please get in touch if you have ideas for potential partnerships for the upcoming 6 month project, we would love to connect with you. Email us at [email protected]
